[Signed] Exaltation of Light (with holograph poems) Aridjis, Homero; Eliot Weinberger; William Heyen [Fine] [Hardcover]

An association copy: Of a limited edition of 50 copies in French marbled paper over boards, this is one of 10 with a holograph poem by Aridjis opposite the holograph translation by editor Eliot Weinberger, in this case a beautiful, gnomic, spare poem entitled Paisaje or ""Landscape."" Signed by both poets at rear on the colophon. A stunning item and pairing, really. An iconic Mexican figure, Aridjis is not only a poet of rare and lasting caliber, but was also ambassador to Sweden and the Netherlands, the president of PEN International for six years, and a longtime environmental activist. He has led a particularly international life and is often in the conversation for the Nobel Prize for literature (20th in the betting odds in 2023, at 29/1). Says Octavio Paz: ""In the poetry of Homero Aridjis there is the gaze, the pulse of the poet, the discontinuous time of practical and rational life and the continuity of desire and death: there is the poet's primal truth."" Weinberger is one of our most distinguished translators and is in his own right a remarkable essayist and poet (a writer's writer). Additionally, this book is from the library of accomplished poet William Heyen, a National Book Award finalist, and is signed and dated by him on the front free end paper.Gilt on the black cloth spine, gold and green in red marbling. Black endpapers. A fine book; the cloth spine is fairly loose over the text block but it is clearly a binder's decision (the binding by Gene Eckert). A lasting book with an excellent association and rare holograph verse.